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Freedland, P. b. J., Stephens, p. b. D., & Smiljanic, N. (2026, November 6). Democrats start plotting as civil war breaks out among Republicans | Politics Weekly America. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2026/nov/06/democrats-start-plotting-as-civil-war-breaks-out-among-republicans-politics-weekly-america

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📰 Democrats Plot As Republican Civil War Breaks Out
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Democrats NORP · 2× Guardian ORG · 2× Republicans NORP · 2× David Smith PERSON · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Jonathan Freedland PERSON · 1× Politics Weekly ORG · 1× Seneca ORG · 1× Tara Setmayer PERSON · 1× Washington GPE · 1×

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He is joined by the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief, David Smith; Tara Setmayer, a co-founder and CEO of the Seneca project; the Guardian’s global editor, Devika Bhat; Adam Smith, a professor of US politics and political history at the University of Oxford; and the clinical psychologist, author and political commentator Mary Trump
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-06
🔮 Jonathan Freedland hosts a live panel to look at what happens next – for Donald Trump, the Republicans who might want to succeed him, and for Democrats looking ahead to 2028.
2026-11-06 · The Guardian
Democrats start plotting as civil war breaks out among Republicans | Politics Weekly America · mixed framing

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Democrats start plotting as civil war breaks out among Republicans | asserted
war → start → Republicans
Jonathan Freedland hosts a live panel to look at what happens next – for Donald Trump, the Republicans who might want to succeed him, and for Democrats looking ahead to 2028. uncertain
who → host → 2028
He is joined by the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief, David Smith; Tara Setmayer, a co-founder and CEO of the Seneca project; the Guardian’s global editor, Devika Bhat; Adam Smith, a professor of US politics and political history at the University of Oxford; and the clinical psychologist, author and political commentator Mary Trump asserted
He → join → Oxford
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